Discuss whether drugs are truly efficacious for various dermatologic indications.

Description:
Clinicians in dermatology are continually challenged to make therapeutic decisions with less than ideal available scientific evidence. This session will focus both on drug safety (drug interactions, cutaneous drug reactions, and systemic adverse effects) and drug efficacy (determining the level of evidence for drug benefits for a given indication). The participants will gain significant educational tools to make wise clinical decisions, even when the literature is far from complete on drugs we utilize for dermatologic conditions, while maximizing both drug safety and efficacy.